Eli Lilly taps Amazon Pharmacy to help deliver weight loss drug Zepbound, other medicines to patients 

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Amazon Pharmacy second online pharmacy to partner with Eli Lilly’s site, and could provide faster deliveries for certain patients.

Eli Lilly said Amazon Pharmacy will help deliver certain prescription drugs, including the popular weight loss treatment Zepbound, directly to patients' homes through the drugmaker's new direct-to-consumer website.

The site is one of several ways companies are moving to disrupt the complex system for distributing, pricing and prescribing drugs in the U.S., in part as they face more political pressure to cut consumer costs. Amazon Pharmacy offers free two-day deliveries to patients with an Amazon Prime membership, which will also apply if they use LillyDirect.

"We actually don't think that's a high enough bar. We're still getting started," he said in an interview."But this is what I think makes us an attractive partner and collaborator for all sorts of folks like Lilly, payers, providers who are looking for a different type of pharmacy."An injection pen of Zepbound, Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug, is displayed in New York City on Dec. 11, 2023.

 

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